View Profile: brunello97 - Mandolin Cafe Forum

Today, 10:03am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Chris Thile & Aoife O'Donovan Lakes of Pontchartrain in General Mandolin Discussions

This is lovely, for sure. My favorite rendition aside from Paul Brady's is on a 1980 LP by Trapezoid and sung as a duet by Lorraine Duisit and Freyda...

10 replies | 434 view(s)

Today, 9:56am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Mandolin by Cousenon a mirecourt in Vintage Instruments

It is still spelled Couesnon. Seriously, I certainly understand trying to ascertain age and other identifying features on these vintage...

30 replies | 1590 view(s)

Today, 9:51am

Jim Garber replied to a thread MAS killer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I was just looking at Steve Wishnevsky's site and he has a lap steel that would go nicely with the Pendragon mandolin. Similar blanket too! :)

17 replies | 769 view(s)

Today, 9:29am

brunello97 replied to a thread This is how Gibson looked to Czechs in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Classic "Gilson" quality. Accept no substitutes. Mick

3 replies | 326 view(s)

Yesterday, 4:19pm

brunello97 replied to a thread "Marcelli" Bowlback in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Quite a lot of differences between the two mandolins....One of the more pronounced is the neck profile, very V shaped on the OPs and rounded on...

10 replies | 1974 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 6:53pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Flatiron A-5 Artist, 1,500 should I get it? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Ah, I didn’t see that in the listing. OTOH Reverb says they have Reverb Protection. Hmmmmm...

19 replies | 1588 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 6:53pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Bowl back identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Jim, that double lobed headstock is pretty common on Catanese mandolins. I wouldn't feel comfortable making an attribution based on that detail...

7 replies | 247 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 6:10pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Women Builders in General Mandolin Discussions

Wow, Mark, that is gorgeous!

18 replies | 1057 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 5:01pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread DR Dragonskin Strings...oof. in Equipment

I tried Thomastiks on my 23 Gibson A-2 many years ago and hated them. I like them on my vintage Lyon & Healy however but that is about it. I don't...

4 replies | 640 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 4:53pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Unusual Benko mandolin in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I have a similar instrument probably also a Prim but it has 5-strings and I call it a tele-tamburitza. You can see why. Oddly the first course is...

4 replies | 428 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 4:51pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Women Builders in General Mandolin Discussions

I met Maegen at the Woodstock Invitational a few years ago. She said she had built a mandolin but didn't have one with her. Her guitars are very...

18 replies | 1057 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 4:44pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Want to take up the cello in General Mandolin Discussions

I love cello but I doubt I would ever play one. I did have a mandocello for awhile but it is a challenge to play cello music on that. If I want the...

34 replies | 1282 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 4:30pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Flatiron A-5 Artist, 1,500 should I get it? in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

I just found this thread. I would guess that the dealer/seller would honor an approval period and if you took it to your luthier to check it out and...

19 replies | 1588 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 3:46pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread A lovely old 1907ish A4 .. but wait ... in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

What, none of you folks want to post the pics for eternity. At least the "smiling crack." I guess I have to do all the work around here while you...

18 replies | 548 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 3:37pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Bowl back identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I am agreement with the sage folks above that it is quite possible that this mandolin was built in Catania, Sicily. So far, the only feature I could...

7 replies | 247 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 12:21pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

He has posted here in the past. I don’t really know him well but you can reach him through his website: http://lippi.net/strumenti/mandolini/?lang=en

14 replies | 390 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 9:21am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I honestly don't think the workmanship on the OP's mandolin matches the quality of any era of the Embergher shop. Lorenzo Lippi posted this...

14 replies | 390 view(s)

Apr-20-2021, 6:39am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Your photos above do not show up. The Pecoraro terzino has a fully-detailed scratchplate (scrolls) which was characteristic of the 5bis concert...

14 replies | 390 view(s)

Apr-19-2021, 10:00pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread 1920ish Martin built? For S.S. Stewart in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I agree. Not a Martin. Weymann did use front mounted tuners FWIW.

18 replies | 758 view(s)

Apr-19-2021, 7:14pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Bowl back identification in Looking for Information About Mandolins

I think Nick is on it with the Sicilian suggestion: the multiple courses of top edge banding (which I enjoy) the free form floral pick guard,...

7 replies | 247 view(s)

Apr-19-2021, 12:22pm

Jim Garber replied to a thread Interesting CNC violin build in Builders and Repair

Interesting. These sped-up videos make me more than a little nervous but that is just me. He says he used regular wood glue instead of hide glue...

11 replies | 725 view(s)

Apr-19-2021, 10:49am

Jim Garber replied to a thread Roman quartino (piccolo mandolin) by Embergher ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

It definitely is Roman style but I would say unlikely made in the Embergher shop. Most of the details don't match up to Embergher instruments I have...

14 replies | 390 view(s)

Apr-17-2021, 8:08pm

brunello97 replied to a thread Bowlbacks of Note in Orchestral, Classical, Italian, Medieval, Renaissance

Assolutamente meraviglioso. Please post pictures of yours, if you will. I enjoy the link you shared. The case in finto guscio di tartaruga is...

7293 replies | 1076284 view(s)

Apr-17-2021, 8:17am

brunello97 replied to a thread Who made this mandolin: Angelo Mannello ? in Looking for Information About Mandolins

Fair play to you. Given the bowl ornamentation, Mannello would be one of my first guesses, too. The F holes naturally make one think of Waldo,...

2 replies | 257 view(s)